py_platform

py_platform is a script that shows information about your system. It mainly uses the platform module in Python.

Modules Used

Note

All of these are packed in with Python by default, meaning that there is no need for installing other modules.

• platform
• argparse Python 3.2 and above
• os
• time

Usage

Running

You can use py_platform by opening it through Python. Latest version of Python used was 3.13.2, oldest version of Python used was 3.11.11 (This doesn't mean older versions of Python can't be used!)

Arguments

All info : -a, --all

This argument shows all of the arguments shown below.

Freedesktop OS Release info : -f, --freedesktop

This argument shows the output of platform.freedesktop_os_release(), which shows JSON-formatted information about your system.

Android info : -n, --android

Important

Not every Python version supports this argument.

This argument shows the output of platform.android_ver().

• platform.android_ver() / Version: Shows the version of Android you are running.

Win32 info : -w, --win32

This argument shows the output of platform.win32_ver(), platform.win32_edition(), and platform.win32_is_iot().

• platform.win32_ver() / Version: Shows the version of Windows you are running.

• platform.win32_edition() / Edition: Shows the edition of Windows.

• platform.win32_is_iot() / Is IoT / Is Embedded: Shows whether or not your system is Windows IoT/Embedded (?)

Darwin info : -d, --darwin

This argument shows the output of platform.mac_ver().

• platform.mac_ver() / Mac Version: Shows the version of macOS you are running.

iOS info : -i, --ios

Important

Not every Python version supports this argument.

This argument shows the output of platform.ios_ver().

• platform.ios_ver() / iOS Version: Shows the version of iOS you are running.

Other info : -o, --other

This argument shows the output of platform.java_ver() and platform.libc_ver().

Help : -h, --help

This argument shows help about how to use the script.